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Listener No 4364: Plants By Ottorino

That was fun and, for me, educational. I was stuck for a while on both 30 across and down, but it all finally came together. Some nicely convoluted clues, but all very fair, and no ambiguity in the...
18:37 Fri 18th Sep 201518 answers, last by jim360 10:46 Sat 26th Sep 2015
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Listener No. 4362: Spots, By Colleague

I'm still a bit uncertain of the misprint for the fifth letter of the name, but have no qualms about the rest. Some nice clues, and a satisfactory endgame. Many thanks, Colleague. Now back to tracing...
20:07 Fri 04th Sep 201531 answers, last by IainGrace 11:41 Wed 09th Sep 2015
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Listener 4361 Two For The Price Of One By Monk

Pretty easy grid fill, and an interesting second puzzle. I do quite enjoy puzzles of this second type, but the ones I have seen before tend to be very trivial. This one was a little more challenging....
18:32 Fri 28th Aug 201533 answers, last by icynorth 10:29 Thu 10th Sep 2015
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trux

Listener 4360 What A Turn-Up! By Ioa

Great fun all the way through. Required only elementary number-crunching so numerophobes should not be put off. And a very neat and satisfyingly unambiguous ending, so thanks all round to IOA for a...
19:23 Fri 21st Aug 201529 answers, last by jim360 15:08 Fri 28th Aug 2015
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Ruthrobin

Times Listener No 4359 The Tall'n

Lovely, thank you, The Tall'n. There was a fine series of penny drop moments leading to a most satisfactory conclusion. Many thanks.
17:55 Fri 14th Aug 201523 answers, last by IainGrace 18:40 Wed 19th Aug 2015
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perseverer

Listener 4358 The Other Letter By Wan

Can't find an earlier post. Quite a challenge from Wan with some tricky wordplays and misprints/extra letters. Highlighting not too difficult if you have an idea where to look. Thanks to Wan...
11:06 Sat 08th Aug 201525 answers, last by IainGrace 17:42 Fri 14th Aug 2015
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Listener No. 4357: Aft By Nutmeg

Some fairly straightforward clues, with a lucky guess at 1d and 27d leading inevitably to 17, made this a quick solve. I was held up for a while by 14d and 24d, but I'm looking forward to a bit of...
17:17 Fri 31st Jul 201528 answers, last by IainGrace 19:04 Wed 05th Aug 2015
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trux

Listener 4356 Mashonaland By Raffles

Some excellent clueing, especially where extra letters were unambiguously indicated. The end result may never win a prize for elegance, even with the speakers revealed, but the gridfill speeds up very...
19:09 Fri 24th Jul 201540 answers, last by IainGrace 17:01 Tue 04th Aug 2015
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fyellin

Listener 4354 Taxi! By Ilver

No one has solved this yet?? It's Friday afternoon in California, so after midnight in the UK. I'm in a strange position. Solved grid. I know the quotation, its source and the corresponding key. No...
00:57 Sat 11th Jul 201540 answers, last by IainGrace 21:15 Wed 15th Jul 2015
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trux

Listener 4353 A Ghost Story By Kevgar

All over rather too quickly for my liking, but I enjoyed the join-up-the-dots picture-forming. Clues perhaps a bit easy for this outlet. Anyhow, now plenty of time for tennis and/or sweltering in the...
17:13 Fri 03rd Jul 201540 answers, last by upsetter 00:33 Thu 09th Jul 2015
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Listener 4352 What’S Missing? By Artix

Excellent puzzle. Totally misinterpreted the first missing item I found, then spent about three hours looking for eight more similar items, before realising I had led myself well up the garden path....
00:58 Sat 27th Jun 201543 answers, last by trux 17:54 Fri 03rd Jul 2015
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TheBear69

Listener 4350 - Revelation Of John By Elfman

Wow! After staring at the full grid for hours off and on, I finally saw one of the words...then another..and then I was done. Thanks, Elfman, for a first-rate Listener!
06:13 Sat 13th Jun 201534 answers, last by IainGrace 20:05 Sun 21st Jun 2015
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Listener No 4351: Failed Attempt By Wiglaf

One of the quickest solves of the year -- the definitions-only clues fell rapidly once the first was solved, and the final sentence was fairly easy to spot. Sorry, Wiglaf, but I'm left wanting a bit...
17:02 Fri 19th Jun 201522 answers, last by perseverer 19:14 Thu 25th Jun 2015
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Liststener No. 4349: Black Or White By Pilcrow

Goof fun, with a groan when I saw where the end-game was going. Enough tricky clues to slow the solution process down to a normal Listener pace. Many thanks, Pilcrow....
19:37 Fri 05th Jun 201527 answers, last by IainGrace 10:41 Fri 12th Jun 2015
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Listener No. 4345: Essentials By Samuel

The length of the preamble was a bit off-putting, but taking my courage in both hands and plunging in showed enough fairly straightforward clues to be able to get started. The last step was a bit...
18:14 Fri 08th May 201530 answers, last by crosswhit99 21:55 Tue 19th May 2015
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Listener 4344: Fast And Loose By Ifor

Not nearly as scary as the preamble suggested, and a really nice sequence of PDMs leading to a satisfying final grid. Thanks Ifor, and I hope everyone here (in the UK, at least) has a nice long...
17:45 Fri 01st May 201529 answers, last by offramp_t 20:08 Wed 13th May 2015
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Listener No. 4343: Bear, Bear, Bearing By Chalicea

A fairly typical Chalicea puzzle: nice use of theme, clues not too challenging (though I struggled for a while to find the extra letters in some of the mid-range down clues). A very pleasant exercise:...
19:15 Fri 24th Apr 201527 answers, last by the_heisman 19:53 Fri 01st May 2015
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Monkmonk

Listener 4342 Triskaidekaphilia By Bero

What a brilliant swansong. Interesting and fun.
20:58 Fri 17th Apr 201541 answers, last by Scorpius 11:30 Tue 28th Apr 2015
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Ruthrobin

Listener No4341 What's On By Nod

This has produced a giggle but it was a tough solve until the message appeared and we are going to have to be very careful with our checking of our final grid. What an amusing and original idea. Many...
17:57 Fri 10th Apr 201548 answers, last by IainGrace 20:23 Fri 17th Apr 2015
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Listener 4340 Red Shift By Nudd

With Shackleton last week and now this puzzle, the Listener is finally picking up pace after a rather slow start to the year. This puzzle is fun. Straightforward fill and a pleasing endgame. Puzzles...
17:42 Fri 03rd Apr 201526 answers, last by Nudd 17:45 Sat 11th Apr 2015

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